I'm sure that this will come as a surprise to no one: The Minnesota Blizzard won the fan vote for the Atlantic and Pacific Divisions of the PRO Chess League. The San Francisco Mechanics came in second and we will be the first alternate to take somebody's place if one of the teams collapses. This seems unlikely but not out of the realm of possibility.

For anyone who would like to know the complete roster for the PRO Chess League, here it is:

Pre-Qualified

Marseille Migraines

Stockholm Snowballs

Amsterdam Mosquitos

Cannes Blockbusters

London Lions

London Towers

Reykjavik Puffins

Delhi Dynamite

Gorky Stormbringers

Norway Gnomes

Riga Magicians

Ljubljana Direwolves

Montreal ChessBrahs

Buenos Aires Krakens

Montclair Sopranos

Miami Champions

Pittsburgh Pawngrabbers

St. Louis Arch Bishops

Webster Windmills

Dallas Destiny

San Diego Surfers

Rio Grande Ospreys

San Jose Hackers

Las Vegas Desert Rats

Qualified via Tournament

Armenia Eagles

Estonia Horses

Mumbai Movers

Chengdu Pandas

Seattle Sluggers

Australia Kangaroos

Qualified via Fan Vote

Oslo Trolls

Minnesota Blizzard

First Alternates

Apeldoorn Apes

San Francisco Mechanics

Which teams do you think will make the final this year? Who will win? And most importantly, which team has the best name and which one has the lamest?